Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt
Author of Mr. Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Koran
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Quand je pense que Beethoven est mort alors que tant de crétins vivent ; Kiki van Beethoven (1CD audio) (1991) 49 copies
Oscar and the Lady in Pink / Mr. Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Koran / Noah's Child (2009) 7 copies
Schmitt Plays 1: "Don Juan on Trial", "The Visitor", "Enigma Variations", "Between Worlds" (Methuen Contemporary… (2002) 5 copies
Le Carnaval des Animaux CD AUDIO : texte lu par Anne ROUMANOFF, orchestre dirigé par Pascal Amoyel (2014) 4 copies
Diderot Ou La Philosophie de La Seduction (Collections Sciences - Sciences Humaines) (French Edition) (1997) 4 copies
Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt Coffret en 4 volumes : Milarepa ; Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran ; Oscar et la dame rose (2004) — Author — 3 copies
Le baîllon 2 copies
Espaces littéraires. À la recherche du bonheur: Anthologie de nouvelles francophones. Lektüre (2008) 2 copies
Şişmanlayamayan Sumocu 2 copies
یک روز قشنگ بارانی 1 copy
Paradises Lost: The Passage Through Time: Book 1 - A Novel (The Passage Through Time, 1) (2023) 1 copy
La carpe qui parlait trop 1 copy
انجیلهای من 1 copy
عشق لرزه 1 copy
L'École du diable 1 copy
Elixirul dragostei 1 copy
Nửa Kia Của Hitler 1 copy
Gesammelte Stücke: Frederick oder Boulevard des Verbrechens / Der Besucher / Der Freigeist / Enigma (1999) 1 copy
Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran. CD: Interaktives Hörbuch Französich. Ausgewählte Originaltexte auf CD,… (2004) 1 copy
پرنسس پابرهنه 1 copy
Schmitt Eric-Emmanuel 1 copy
Elixirul dragostei 1 copy
La Nuit Porte Conseil 1 copy
Qui s'y Frotte s'y Pique 1 copy
Noć vatre 1 copy
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- Canonical name
- Schmitt, Eric-Emmanuel
- Legal name
- Schmitt, Éric-Emmanuel
- Birthdate
- 1960-03-28
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- France (birth)
Belgium - Birthplace
- Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, Rhone, France
- Places of residence
- Lyon, France
Paris, France
Brussels, Belgium - Education
- Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris (philosophy)
- Occupations
- novelist
fiction writer
director
dramatist - Relationships
- Grimaldi, Nicolas (Directeur de thèse)
- Organizations
- Lycée militaire de Saint-Cyr
Université de Besançon
Lycée de Cherbourg
Université de Chambéry
Théâtre Rive Gauche, Paris, France (Co-Direction, 2012) - Awards and honors
- Académie française (Grand Prix du théâtre ∙ 2001)
- Short biography
- En une dizaine d’années, Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt est devenu un des auteurs francophones les plus lus et les plus représentés dans le monde.
Né en 1960, normalien, agrégé de philosophie, docteur, il s’est d’abord fait connaître au théâtre avec Le Visiteur, cette rencontre hypothétique entre Freud et peut-être Dieu, devenue un classique du répertoire international. Rapidement, d’autres succès ont suivi : Variations énigmatiques, Le Libertin, Hôtel des deux mondes, Petits crimes conjugaux, Mes Evangiles, La Tectonique des sentiments… Plébiscitées tant par le public que par la critique, ses pièces ont été récompensées par plusieurs Molière et le Grand Prix du théâtre de l’Académie française. Son œuvre est désormais jouée dans plus de quarante pays.
Il écrit le Cycle de l’Invisible, quatre récits sur l’enfance et la spiritualité, qui rencontrent un immense succès aussi bien sur scène qu’en librairie : Milarepa, Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran, Oscar et la dame rose et L’Enfant de Noé. Une carrière de romancier, initiée par La Secte des égoïstes, absorbe une grande partie de son énergie depuis L’Evangile selon Pilate, livre lumineux dont La Part de l’autre se veut le côté sombre. Depuis, on lui doit Lorsque j’étais une œuvre d’art, une variation fantaisiste et contemporaine sur le mythe de Faust et une autofiction, Ma Vie avec Mozart, une correspondance intime et originale avec le compositeur de Vienne. Deux recueils de nouvelles se sont ajoutés récemment: Odette Toulemonde et autres histoires, 8 destins de femmes à la recherche du bonheur, est inspiré par son premier film tandis que la rêveuse d'Ostende est un bel hommage au pouvoir de l'imagination.
En 2006 il écrit et réalise son premier film: Odette Toulemonde. (Sortie le 7 février 2007)
Amoureux de musique, Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt a également signé la traduction française des Noces de Figaro et de Don Giovanni. Toujours curieux, il ouvre en permanence de nouvelles portes, tend de nouveaux miroirs, pour notre plus grand plaisir.
Il vit à Bruxelles et toutes ses œuvres en français sont éditées par Albin Michel.
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- Works
- 135
- Also by
- 1
- Members
- 6,457
- Popularity
- #3,809
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 242
- ISBNs
- 600
- Languages
- 29
- Favorited
- 20
- Touchstones
- 98
This book was hard to get through, if I'm being honest. There are SO many character and storylines to follow that it was really hard to put the book down and pick it back up. I would forget what people were doing, and even when I took notes I felt it had the "Game of Thrones" effect for me. Too many people around, to many things going on and fantastic writing. It kind of upset me.
The Carousel of Desire was translated, and boy it is marvelous. Reading it felt like cheating fine chocolate or sipping on fine wine - it's absolutely glorious. If you want a well crafted book that felt like it was written by someone who truly loves literature and crafting stunning sentences, this book is for you. I was honestly floored by some of the descriptions because they're just... good. Too good.
All of the stories interconnect through a series of notes being passed around. The notes express sentiments of love, and every set of romantic partners/couples/trios/squares get one. Watching the drama play out was fun as well, but I felt like it would have been way more enjoyable if the stories had been separated. If I only had to focus on one story at a time instead of waiting twenty chapters to get the second part to a couple I read in chapter one.
HOT TAKE TIME: I'd also argue that this book is a very adult book. It's R rated for some of the sex scenes and it ventures into various types of sexual relationships. Old/young, true love, asexuality, threesomes, young love, and second chance at love being some of the major ones. But... you can tell this was written by a man (only at times). Some of the descriptions and comments said in the book don't sound romantic, they sound ravenous (but at times when it is supposed to be romantic). Sure, maybe the characters are just horn bags and like talking that way, but I didn't feel like the character studies felt like a variety. They felt like different ways to have sex written in a man's imagination.
One story really angered me, and it was a woman who hated her body. Yes, they exist and most women have their insecurities but some of the descriptions about her made me want to throw up. It didn't feel like it was written in an honest take, but rather as an insult to women who don't appreciate themselves. Others might not see it that way, but I really did not enjoy that story. I've read other novels where they address this issue, but they don't insult the character along the way. It felt... distasteful and weird. It's a bad execution of the idea, in my opinion.
Overall, this felt like a very pessimistic book for me. It's definitely not a book I enjoyed as a reader but other people will thoroughly enjoy it. Maybe I'm getting soft with the novels I like to read... Either way, it wasn't a book for me. I still think Eric-Emmanuel is a master of description and sounds like an author I would have read in my literature classes - beautiful writing style with beautiful prose.
One out of five stars - it's just not for me. It took me a long time fighting myself to finish this book, unfortunately.
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